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The coalition is to bow to demands from the European court that prisoners in the U.K. be given the right to vote, as Andrew Porter revealed. David Cameron is reported to be very annoyed about it, but accepts that there is nothing he can do (a feeling he is having to get used to in relation to Europe). Votes for prisoners is going to add a whole new dimension to British general elections. Whatever next? Can it be long before prisoners demand, and are allowed, their own MPs?

It’s election night 2015, and we’re going live to west London and the dining hall in D-wing of Wormwood Scrubs prison, where the result is about to be declared. Back in the BBC studio, veteran David Dimbleby is in the chair with Nick Robinson providing punditry.